´‘Amir bin ‘Abdullah bin Zubair narrated that his father told him that there was no more than four years between their becoming Muslim and the revelation of this Verse, by which Allah reprimanded them:` “Lest they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were rebellious.” [57:16]
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ After accepting faith, it is also necessary to be concerned about its preservation.
➋ Committing sins causes the hearts to become hardened, due to which admonition and advice have no effect.
➌ The remedy for the hardness of the heart is the remembrance of death, recitation of the Qur'an (), and showing compassion to orphans.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4192